The January/February 2010 issue of Songlines – on sale December 11 – features a free covermount CD packed full of the best new sounds from around the world, plus 5 tracks selected by Channel 4 newscaster Jon Snow.

The covermount CD includes tracks from Senegalese star Baaba Maal; Africa’s legendary big band Orchestra Baobab; Angola’s greatest son, Bonga; the experimental collaborators David Byrne & Brian Eno; DJ Gilles Peterson presents Havana Cultura; Qawwali singer Faiz Ali Faiz teams up with French guitarist Titi Robin and the South African rising star Thandiswa Mazwai.

Pick up your copy here on the website, at selected WHSmith’s and at all good record retailers. Feast your ears on these all-new tracks:

* Totó La Momposina ‘Manita Uribe’ on Astar Artes

* Thandiswa Mazwai ‘Thongo Lam (lyeza)’ on Gallo

* Forro in the Dark ‘Caipirinha’ on Nublu Records/Nat Geo Music

* Gypsy Groovz Orchestra Goes Tuttimundi ‘Festival Tople Vode (Part 5)’ on Network Medien

* Sharon Shannon ‘Howya Horse’ on Independent Records

* Bonga ‘Mulemba Xangola’ featuring Lura on Lusafrica

* Gilles Peterson Presents Havana Cultura ‘Lagrimas de Soledad (No Existen Palabras)’ feat. Danay on Brownswood Recordings

* Faiz Ali Faiz & Titi Robin ‘Mast Qalandar’ on Accords Croisés

* Anouar Brahem ‘Dance With Waves’ on ECM Records

* Céu ‘Grains de Beaute’ on Six Degrees Records

Plus Jon Snow’s playlist:

* Mahsa Vahdat & Sarah Jane Morris ‘Sad Sol – You, My Destiny’ on KKV

* Baaba Maal ‘Kowoni Maayo (Mi Yeewnii)’ on Palm Pictures

* David Byrne & Brian Eno ‘Life is Long’ on Todo Mundo/Opal

* Orchestra Baobab ‘Coumba’ on World Circuit

* The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain ‘Misirlou’ on www.ukuleleorchestra.com

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